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Article 9 Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005I1

England and Wales Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

In Part 35—

(a)

in rule 35.2 (introducing evidence of non-defendant’s bad character), for paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a)

not more than 14 days after the prosecutor has—

(i)

complied or purported to comply with section 3 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996f1 (initial disclosure by the prosecutor), or

(ii)

disclosed the previous convictions of that non-defendant; or”; and

(b)

in rule 35.6 (time limit for defendant’s application to exclude evidence of his own bad character) for “7”, substitute “14”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Rule 9 in force at 3.4.2006, see rule 1

Footnotes

f1

1996 (c. 25); section 3 was amended by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23), Schedule 4, paragraph 7(1) and by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), section 32 and Schedule 36, Part 3, paragraphs 20 and 21.